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Introduction

Commissioned by the 90th Deutsche Katholikentage in Berlin, 1990. The original version was for four solo voices and organ, but subsequent versions exist for choir and organ—as here—and choir and strings. The Credo is particularly interesting in that it is virtually a re-incarnation of the earlier Summa—but this time in a major key. Summa was written at a time when profession of faith was outlawed in Estonia; hence Pärt’s diversionary title for a setting of the Creed. The switch from minor to major clearly celebrates the greater freedoms enjoyed in post-Communist Europe.

Recordings

Here is some of the most spiritually uplifting music of our generation, sung by that most virtuosic of choirs, Polyphony. Arvo Pärt has succeeded in capturing the attention of a broad public through his consummate ability to weave a sense of inevi ...» More

Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace to men of good will.
We praise you. We bless you.
We adore you. We glorify you.
We give you thanks for your great glory.
Lord God, king of heaven,
God the Father almighty,
Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
you who take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;
you who sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For you only are holy. You only are Lord.
You only are most high, Jesus Christ.
With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

I believe in one God, Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all visible and invisible things.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages,
God from God, light from light,
true God from true God,
begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father,
by whom all things were made.
Who for us men, and for our salvation,
came down from heaven, and was incarnate
by the Holy Spirit through the virgin Mary,
and was made man. He was also crucified for us:
under Pontius Pilate he died and was buried.
And on the third day he rose again in accordance
with the scriptures. And ascended into heaven:
he sits at the right hand of the Father.
And he will come again with glory to judge the living
and the dead: there will be no end to his kingdom.
And in the Holy Spirit, Lord and
giver of life: who comes from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together is adored
and glorified; who spoke through the prophets.
And in one holy, catholic
and apostolic church. I confess one
baptism for the remission of sins.
And I await the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world,
grant us peace.